Office of Rural Community Affairs
Written Comments Received Regarding Sunset Staff Report

Sunset Commission Meeting November 14, 2006

Name
Organization
Charles S. Stone
Executive Director
Michael Waters, Chair
Executive Committee
Office of Rural Community Affairs
Susan Combs, Commissioner
Texas Department of Agriculture
Tony Villarreal, Mayor
City of Fort Stockton
Fort Stockton / TX
Larry Jacobs
Montgomery / TX
Horace Findley
Executive Secretary
Lake Whitney Chamber of Commerce
Lake Whitney / TX
James A. Buckner, Chairman
Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals
Austin / TX 
Wallace N. Boyd
Ochiltree County Hospital District
Shelly South
Ray Vann, Managing Partner
Raymond K. Vann & Associates, LLC
Lufkin / TX
Jim Buckner
Uvalde Memorial Hospital
Uvalde / TX
H.T. Fillingim BS, CCEMT-LP
Fisher County Hospital District EMS
Ella Raye Helms, CEO
Fisher County Hospital District
Rotan / TX
Madeleine Praino, Mayor
Vinton / TX
Robert Ezzell, Administrator
Hemphill County Hospital
Clarence Fields, Jr., CHE
President/CEO
Goodall-Witcher Healthcare Foundation
Clifton / TX
Carolyn Witherspoon
Executive Director
Coalition of Health Services, Inc.
Amarillo / TX
Richard Hoeth, FACHE, CAE
Vice President
Texas Hospital Association
Austin / TX
Tammy Ream, MPAS, PA-C
Chair
Judicial Affairs Committee,
Texas Academy of Physician Assistants
Carol Hanes, CEO
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
James M. Robinson, Sr., CEO
Colorado-Fayette Medical Center
Weimar / TX
David L. Schroeder
Wharton Economic Development Corporation
Wharton / TX
Sandra Lewis, Coordinator
Goliad Economic Development Center
Goliad / TX
Kathy Nichols, Administrator
Palacios Community Medical Center
Palacios / TX
Vernon H. Cook, County Judge
Roberts County
Miami / TX
Dru Gravens
City Administrator
Karen Hornsey
City Secretary

City of Crane
Crane / TX

Peggy Spradley, Director
Sealy Chamber of Commerce
Sealy / TX
Marva Beck, President
Texas Association of Resource Conservation and Development Areas
Dwayne Bearden
City Administrator
City of Munday
Munday / TX
Travis C. Floyd
Knox County Judge
Sandra Jackson, RN, Ed.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Tyler County Hospital
Woodville / TX
Jim McReynolds
Representative
District 12
Lufkin / TX
W. Evan Moore
James. R. Shafer FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Hamilton Healthcare System
Kerry McCollough, Planner
Bexar Metropolitan Water District
San Antonio / TX
Freddie Gardner
George W. O'Kelley
Community and Economic Development Consultant
Bill Rowton, Administrator
Cozby-Germany Hospital
Grand Saline / TX
Ruth "Raz" Cook, MSN, CHE
Administrator
ETMC Fairfield
Fairfield / TX
Marlene Jones, CEO
Kimble Hospital
Junction / TX
Don W. Bonifay
Bonifay & Associates
Odessa / TX
Dale Spurgin
Jones County Judge
Paul Turney
Exec. Vice President, BVAHC
President & CEA, BVCDC
Brazos Valley Affordable Housing Corp.
Brazos Valley CDC Inc.
Bryan / TX
Marie Parr, City Manager
City of Petersburg
Petersburg / TX
Barry Stephens
City Administrator
City of Sundown
Sundown / TX
Nettie Brown
Colonia Resident
Austin / TX
Dudley White, Administrator
Concho County Hospital
Eden / TX
Connie Goodwin
Douglas Langley, CEO
Administrator
Coleman County Medical Center
Coleman / TX
Lou Irvin Slaughter, Mayor
Heide Edmonson, Secretary
City of Daingerfield
Daingerfield / TX
Robert W. Ezzell
Administrator
Hemphill County Hospital
Canadian / TX
Sam Seale
Executive Director
Texas Association of Counties
Austin / TX
Carloyn Gibbs, RN, BSN
Director of Nursing
Faith Community Hospital
Jacksboro / TX
Charles L. McMichael
Cass County Judge
Donald A. Behr, MD, Chair Texas Medical Association Committee on Rural Health
Austin / TX
Bill Stoudt
Gregg County Judge
Longview / TX
Jeffrey Howell, CPM
City Manager
Kilgore / TX
H. Michael Lewis, M.D.
Paris / TX
Don Henry, Executive Director
Cisco Development Corporation
Cisco / TX
Dick Alligood, Mayor
Pecos / TX
William D. Strinden, M.D.
Lufkin / TX
Barb Weems
Philip Miller, President
Sam Houston Resource Conservation and Development Area
Willis / TX
Steve Butcher, Director of Economic Development Area Growth Council
Mineral Wells / TX
Members Rural Caucus of the Texas Legislature
John W. Murrile,
County Judge
County of Wharton
Bob Hunter
State Representative
District 71
Abilene / TX
Beverly Mills, Administrative Assistant Yoakum County Hospital
Denver City / TX
George Fite, Board President
Donna Chatham, Executive Director
Association of Rural Communities in Texas
Nina G. Trevino
Commissioner, Pct. No. 1
San Patricio County
Sinton / TX
Derald J. Bulls, Director
Marketing/Public Relations
Paris Regional Medical Center
Paris / TX
Tommy D. Fondren Lorenzo / TX
Norma R. Hernandez
Mayor
City of Crystal City / TX
Mary Linda Cano
Mayor
City of Big Wells / TX
Matt Bland
Mayor Pro Tem
City Council of Brackettville / TX
Abel B. Gonzalez
Mayor
City Council of Cotulla / TX
Sylvia A. Rawlings
President
Texas Rural Health Association
Austin / TX
Charlie Rodgers, Jr.
Mayor
City of Eden / TX
Sherra Pruitt
Chief Deputy, County Judge
Hockley County / TX
Pedro G. Rodriguez
Commissioner
San Patricio County
Odem / TX